Staple-magazine.



UNITED smiles retenir OFFICE.

THOMAS BRGGS, O1" EAST GREENYCHQRHODE iSLANiL ASSiGNQR T() BOSTGN URE STITCHER COMPANY, @E EAST GREENWCIH, ROEE ISLANB, A (SORPRATION OE 'MAYNE STAPLENEAGZNE.

Speooaton of Letiers Patent.

Patenter Hoer. 29, i906.

To af whom, it may concern: 't

Be it known that I, THOMAS A. Beier: i East Greenwich, in the county of E State of Rhode Island, have intenter new and useful ini rovements in Staple-niegfrzines, oi which tiie following a epeeiieaanon. Y f

This invention relates to machines-,tor eppying staples to attach sheets of peperi &e together, sueh as iiiestreted, eeeribe, end claimed in my application filed June 12, 1905 Serial No. 2647,?94, et which this present np plieetion e division.

The object of this present invention to provide e nevel deteehebe empire-keiner to? use in connection with a machine im' applying staples of any preferred forni, het part-ieuiaiy of the form. Shown in my eppiieetion Serial No. 264,794, referred to, Seid ete ileholder bein" capable of being readily etteeiled to the mee ine, which is oafed with eenes reviously to its etteehxnent and which may e removed, if necessary, when enig e part of the staples have been fed therefrom to the action of the stepiing devices Without losing the remaining stepiee Gerrie-d thereby.

To these ends mj; present invention consiete of the novel staple-holder or package of staples, eubetentieiiy es hereinat er described and eieineii.

Oi the neeonipenying drawings, Figure i represente e sie eievetion of so much of upper port of :i stapling-ineehine having 'm3-L Y improved etapie-hoifier applied therete necessary to illustrate the utility of the A staple-beider. Figx represents e Seetionei View on iine 2 l of Fig. 1. e. vertical section online 3 3 of Fig, i looking toward the right. Fie'. represente n. eie elevation of the detaoiebie staple beider er container, Fig. 5 represent-e e eeetoni View of the saine on line 5 5 of Fig. i eoking toward the right. Fig. represente e eeotion on line oi'ig. iooking toward the left. Fig. represents e pien View of the empieeeder which pushes the etepies from the oontainer into position to be acted on by the driver,

The same reference Charent-ere inieete the some parte in all the ures.

So much of the stap ing-machine is neeessery to illustrate herein eoinprieee e, stendrd, a. portion of which is imiieeted in Fig. 1

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et 3f to which standard a. Work-stippen e and etepieelenehere are attac-hed. A portion of eV peet 5, eso forming e. per@ o the frame of the ineichinej hee pivote thereto et 6 an arm extending ietereiiy in the direction of the standard 3, emi the forward end of which is above the Work-support 4. In the end of the erm and fiireriy allieve e. Staple-receiving throat in the workeeupport is e guidewafy 8, Wliieh reoeivee zi (iriver Q, movable therein to Ward and from the work support. The guidewey is located lbetween e. Ilenge 1G of the erin and en end 'plete l? being preierably iornefi Wholly in the plate.

A belie'renk lever 12, pivoted to e ieg E3, extending freni the erin 7, is doteeiieiij; engagged with the firier by menne of e iink ie and when oeeieted senses the driver te be moved in e enbstnntiiiiiy vertical line towerri and from the weriosnpport.

i will new proceed te describe the partienler feeturee wiieil ere embodied in the eleirne of this eppiieetion.

The eteplee to be driven are heid ny e, novel Container er magazine, which Consists oi z1- rgiii lier having en epproximeteiy reo-tanguiu-r frese-section of suoli dimeneions that etepies piaceri on the upper eurieoe thereof may reet with their legs henging'down on eeeh oi tiie sitios. The bei", which ie represented iiy the the numeral 4S, be nmde ni en? fiesiied materiali, but is prefei'eb of ee that is the suhstenee teilen een be i t eeeily worked and else hee the neeoeseijv i. iiinoss. The lien having: e series ef emplee necked eloeolytogether, ie eet-'ered @with e. Surrounding layer of pinnen5 Wiiieh eeenrely hoids the ein les on the oer and prevents their being die 'odgeri' "Fiengee 49, 'formed on the bei* inet beiee the eerie of the staples and projeeting en eeeh eieie e, distance Approximately equei to the thieineee of the wire forming the staples, held the covering 5() somewhat away frein the sifl es oi the eteplee, so that they een be reeiiiiy puehefi airing the bei' Within the covering. The Staple-holding hat' 48 is ein plied in e enbetnntielly horizontal position te the erin oneenfi thereot passing througii en opening in enge i() into eloee proninitf with the guiiewey S5 Wiiiie the outer onli ie held by e metfeoie retainer 51, which slides through e .i in the rear ext eneion 'Si of the erin enti nee e reflue-ed extremity Y which enters an orifice in the end of the bar and is surrounded by a shoulder which abuts against the end surface of the bar.

As the passage or guideway S in which the driver travels is oll sufficient width to admit a staple t'ed from the staple-holder and as the bar 48 is of less width than the staples, it is necessary to provide means for preventing the end ol' the bar extending across and obstructing the guideway. Means l`orp(rl"or1i1iiig this function is provided in the abutment 54, eonsistingola vplatemounted in a horizontal guide 55 in the arm and of such width that when projected toward the end o1 the arm it engages the'l'ace-plate 1 l on either side ol' the passage-way S, and so bridges the passage-Way. This brid gi ng-abu tment has an upwardlypr( jectinglug 56, located so as to engage the end ol the bar 48 and hold it out of the guideway. It will be seen Vl'rom the foregoing that the staple-holder is thus securely held in position with one end where staples can be pushed torward beneath the driver and that it can be easily removed and a new one substituted by simply withdrawing the retainer 5l and slipping out the staple-holder.

Since they paper covering remains on the staple-magazine after the sa me is attached to a machine and as long as any staples remain on the magazine, it has a condition of permanence and may be called a permanent covering. Willen the paper is pasted to the body portion of the holder, the fragments remain thereon, even after it has been torn from end to end and all ol' the staples removed.

For feeding the staples into the guidcway there is provided a pusher 57, having a shape and dimensions in cross-section corresponding to those ol the staples and adapted to be placed upon` the bar 4S in the same manner as the staples. It has a central horizontal portion 58 and side portions 5), bent downwardly to embrace the sides ol' the bar, and also an upward projection (it), formed as a hook, which maybe engaged by any suitable means and by which the VFeeder may be impelled along thc bar, pushing the staples as it comes along the bar and forcing them one by one into the guideway. The forward edge |51 ol the hook (i0 is made vin such form as most readily to cut or break the upper snrlace of the paper covering 5() to permit its motion, and to facilitate this result the paper' maybe previouslypartlycut on a line ol' indentations or j'ierl'orations (32. The feeder shown in the drawings is provided near its rear end With inwardly-turned flanges (i3, eX- tending toward each other l'rom the side por tion 59 of theI lieeder and adapted to extend into grooves 64 in the sides ol' the ba r to hold the rear portion of the l'eeder down upon the bar and prevent its being elevated by pressure applied to the hook 60. These flanges, however, are not always essential. The pusher maybe made ol any desired material and in any manner; but preferably it is cut from a single piece of sheet-steel and portions to form the upward projections, the sides, and the flanges bent away from the central portion in the required manner.

A spring 65 is provided for producing a eontinuous pull, tending to move the l'eeder toward the driver, one end ol the spring being formed with a loop7 which is slipped over the hook (i0, the spring being then carried over a pulley 66, and its other end being connected to the retainer 51, which is otl'set to permit its attachment. lt will be seen that this arrangement permits a single spring to be used for holding the retainer in engagement with the bar and also for artuating the vfeeder, and that thus equal pressures are produced upon these members.

l'do not claim herein any of the parts olf the st aplingemachine itself, as the same form the subject-n1atter of claims in the application above referred to and ol which application'this is a divsion.

1. A staple holder or magazine comprising a body portion forming a support and guide for a series oi staples, and an envelop eX- tending over the staples, arranged to retain the latter on the body portion while permitting movement oF the staples longitudinally thereof.

2. A staple-magazine comprising a body portion constructed to hold staples, and an envelop held on said body portion and eX- tending over the staples adapted to retain them on the body portion against lateral displaeen'ient, and to perlnit rem oval ol the staples lollgitudinally of the body portion.

3. A package of staples adapted to be applied to a stapling-machine, comprising a holder having a cross-sectional outline corresponding to the form of a staple, a series of staples arranged on and embracing the holder, and a covering surrounding the staples, inclosingthe legs oi" the latter, retaining the staples in place, and l'ree at the ends ofthe holder to permit feeding of the staples.

4. A paekage of staples comprising a rigid body portion adapted. to be attached to a stapling-maehine, a series ol staples partially surrounding the body portion and carried thereby, and a flexible covering wrapped laterally about the staples and secured to the body portion between the ends oi' the latter'.

A package oi staples comprising a rigid body portion adapted to be attached to a stapling-maehine, a series of staples partially surrounding the body portion and carried tl'iereby, Ilanges projecting from the sides of the body portion adjacent the ends ol the staples, and a flexible covering passing about the staples and secured to the body portion, said ilanges serving to hold the covering away from the legs of the staples.

li. A staple -magazine comprising a body IOO 9. A stopio hod or magazine oda-pied portion constructed to hold SapksJ and a Y for ataohnwntrto a shading-machine oomwroppng inclosing the staples to r6-tain them on the body lortion; Saif bal? poion having provisions ior rom'siving and guifiing a pushor. Y

7. A Stape-magazine comprising a. hody portion @instructed to hod staples, and a. covering inoosiug the stapios and the Sides of the body portion, Secured to the bodjgi portion.

8. A staple holder or magazine comprising a, body portion adapted to support a Series of Stapies, and a permanent retaining-covering mad@ of mntfli'iai which @im be easily torn. i

1 series of Stpes, and a retamllg-covormg of paper ati-gebod fio'Y ih@ hody portion and arranged to romain .i piaga?. when the hoher is in operative rotion Wit-h mit apling-machino. In testimony whereof l have aIiXed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS A. BHGGS.

VVitnossos EORGE A. Looms, JOHN F. GALVN.

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